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President Donald Trump escalated his verbal assaults against France on Tuesday, railing against America’s European ally for misreported comments by the country's president about the need for a European military and over tariffs France places on American wine. Trump also defended the fact that he skipped a trip Saturday to honor WWI war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery at Belleau Wood in Northern France after rainy weather grounded his helicopter. The president did go ahead with a trip and speech in the rain Sunday at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial just outside Paris. "By the way, when the helicopter couldn't fly to the first cemetery in France because of almost zero visibility, I suggested driving. Secret Service said NO, too far from airport & big Paris shutdown. Speech next day at American Cemetery in pouring rain! Little reported-Fake News!" he tweeted, later correcting a misspelling for cemetery. That tweet attributing the cancellation to the Secret … [Read more...] about Trump Responds to Skipped WWI Memorial Criticism, Attacks France’s Macron

News / UK and world by Press Association November 6, 2018, 5:37 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter French security agents have arrested six people on preliminary terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron. A judicial official said intelligence agents detained the six in three widely scattered regions, including one suspect in the Alps, another in Brittany and four suspects near the Belgian border in Moselle. He said the plan to target the French president appeared to be vague and unfinalised but violent. Authorities said the six were between 22 and 62 years old and included one woman. It is not known if they were suspected of working together. French presidents have been targeted several times over the decades, including in 2002 when a far-right sympathiser tried to attack President Jacques Chirac on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations. Mr Macron was in … [Read more...] about Six held over ‘plot’ to attack France’s President Macron

PARIS (AP) – French security agents have arrested six people on preliminary terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a French judicial official. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the allegations, said intelligence agents detained the six in three widely scattered regions, including one suspect in the Alps, another in Brittany and four suspects near the Belgian border in Moselle. He said the plan to target the French president appeared to be vague and unfinalized but violent.Authorities said the six were between 22 and 62 years old and included one woman. It is not known if they were suspected of working together. French presidents have been targeted several times over the decades, including in 2002 when a far-right sympathizer tried to attack President Jacques Chirac on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations. Macron was in the northeastern French city of Verdun on … [Read more...] about Six Arrested Over Suspected Plot to Attack France’s President Macron

Thomas Adamson Associated Press Published 8:51 AM EST Nov 6, 2018 Paris – French security agents have arrested six people on preliminary terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a French judicial official. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the allegations, said intelligence agents detained the six in three widely scattered regions, including the Alps, Brittany and near the Belgian border. He said the plan to target the French president appeared to be vague and unfinalized but violent. Authorities released no further details about the six suspects and did not say if they were suspected of working together or separately. French presidents have been targeted several times over the decades, including in 2002 when a far-right sympathizer tried to attack President Jacques Chirac on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations. Macron was in the northeastern French city of … [Read more...] about 6 arrested in suspected plot to attack France’s Macron

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France will on Friday seek commitments from some 30 countries to support the creation of a new mechanism at the world’s chemical weapons watchdog to enable it to assign blame for attacks carried out with banned munitions, French diplomats said. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague currently only determines whether such attacks have taken place, not who carried them out. France’s move comes in the wake of a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian government forces east of Damascus in early April. Syria and its ally Russia denied that any attack had taken place and that they were holding up inspections or had tampered with evidence at the site. Before the OPCW was able to carry out inspections – which in any case would not have assigned blame – the United States, France and Britain launched missile attacks on Syria’s chemical weapons-related facilities. A new OPCW mechanism could … [Read more...] about France to seek backing for new mechanism to assign blame for chemical attacks